NEPO425 - Volume Cut Sized Paper and Production Specialist Paper

Concepts

• printing paper
• gateshead
• nepo
• nepo425 - volume cut sized paper
• uncoated paper or paperboard
• newsprint, handmade paper
• composite paper and paperboard
• provision of volume cut sized paper
• production specialist paper
• writing paper

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) seeks to establish a multi-supplier procurement solution for the provision of Volume Cut Sized Paper and Production Specialist Paper. The purpose of the prior information notice (PIN) is to provide advance notice to the marketplace of the tendering opportunity and intentions of NEPO to hold market consultation activities with suppliers to help shape the future Framework Agreement. NEPO are not advertising this PIN as a mechanism to reduce future procurement timescales. NEPO intends to publish a soft market testing questionnaire via the Open eTendering system. The questionnaire will be used to assess interest in the tendering opportunity and to gain information and insight from the market to help shape the future Framework Agreement. The soft market testing questionnaire will be made accessible via the Open eTendering system on Friday 13 January 2023 with a submission deadline of 12 p.m. Friday 20 January 2023. Suppliers wishing to access and complete the soft market testing questionnaire must first register on the eTendering system using the following link https://www.open-uk.org Following the completion of the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire, Suppliers will be given the opportunity to register for a market consultation meeting. Market consultation meetings are limited in number and will take place the week commencing Monday 23rd January 2023. Suppliers wishing to register attendance must do so in writing to Bethany Wake (bethany.wake@nepo.org) no later than 12 p.m. on 20 January 2023. Appointments will be no longer than 1 hour and NEPO intend to conduct these sessions virtually through online meeting platform applications. NEPO anticipates these virtual meeting sessions will take place on Microsoft Teams or other secure meeting platforms. The time and location of each appointment will be confirmed following the registration deadline and places will be secured on a first come first serve basis.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 30197630 - Printing paper
• 22990000 - Newsprint, handmade paper and other uncoated paper or paperboard for graphic purposes
• 30197610 - Composite paper and paperboard
• 30197620 - Writing paper
• 30197640 - Self-copy or other copy paper
• 30197642 - Photocopier paper and xerographic paper
• 30197643 - Photocopier paper
• 30197644 - Xerographic paper
• 30199100 - Carbon paper, self-copy paper, paper duplicator stencils and carbonless paper
• 30199110 - Carbon paper
• 30199120 - Self-copy paper
• 30199130 - Carbonless paper
• 30199300 - Embossed or perforated paper
• 30199310 - Embossed or perforated printing paper
• 30199320 - Embossed or perforated writing paper
• 30199400 - Gummed or adhesive paper
• 30199410 - Self-adhesive paper

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.

Other Information

Suppliers wishing to attend the virtual market consultation meetings should be capable of meeting the requirements under any of the applicable lots. NEPO reserves the right to seek assurances from interested suppliers prior to allocating a place. Attendance at market consultation is optional and does not provide suppliers with an advantage in any future related procurement. Attendance also does not constitute as an intention to tender for any future related procurement. Please note the above dates may be subject to change depending on availability and supplier uptake. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-i... http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procur... https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social... https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_i... http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhom... http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/so... A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org